Advent Carols by Candlelight

Hundreds of tiny white candles

but they light only the edges of that

vast dark space.

These lovely words are from the first carol

Wellcome all wonders in one sight

Jonathan Dove

Wellcome, all wonders in one sight!

Eternitie shut in a span,

Summer in winter, day in night,

Heaven in Earth and God in man;

Great little one whose all embracing birth

Lifts earth to heaven, stoops heaven to earth

To thee, meeke majestie! soft King.

Of simple graces and sweet loves,

Each of us his Lamb will bring,

Each his paire of silver doves,

Till burnt at last in fire of thy faire eyes,

Our selves become our owne best sacrifice.

Edited to add...

MasterM draws my attention to the fact that
somebody has donated a pair of Aviator glasses
to the second shepherd.
He doesn't think that it was one of his friends.
But it might have been.